Interesting: Do you see that hand between her legs?
I am Stephanie L. Jones. I AM PRECIOUS: of great value, beloved, affectedly refined, priceless, rare, cherished and prized (Oxford University Press dictionary, 2008 edition). I am a child molestation survivor. I was molested by different men in my family from age 5 until I was 13 years old. I am Black. I grew up in poverty. I was a substance abuser and addicted to alcohol and drugs by 19 years old. I was a sexually promiscuous teenager and young adult. No one told me that I wasn’t supposed to be sleeping with grown men at age thirteen. How was I to know? Grown men sure seemed to like my young body. And guess what? Although it was child molestation, it sure felt good. How could I say no to sex at 13 when it was all that I knew? They’d put their hands between my legs for so long and so many times. Yet, some people want to call us fast little girls.
I was a straight-A student. I am intelligent. I am amazing. I was the first person in my family to attend a university. I am happily married (Oh wow, how I love thee my husband, my king). I am happy. I am a best-selling author. I am a sought-after speaker. I am a child of God with not enough breath in my body to speak of how blessed I am. I had a shopping addiction. I used clothes, fancy cars and jewelry to mask the pain. I was sexually dysfunctional (God bless my husband for loving me in spite of it). I was broken. I was hurting. I had very low self-esteem. I would eat, diet, eat, and diet.
I am a voice to the broken in heart and spirit. I am healed. I am free. I am love, loved and in love. My molesters? I’m not focused on them. What about me? Me? Me? Me? It’s my time to shine. I choose my today and my tomorrow. I’m not depending on any system or anybody to free me up. I am the “true story” tear-jerker that ends with some tangible improvements in the lives of impoverished (abused, molested, confused, stereotyped) children. (See Newsweek magazine movie review: The Problem With the movie Precious, Raina Kelly)
Wow(teardrop),this is really good it feels like your telling my life story!!
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